wet cell

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a cell whose electrolyte is in liquid form and free to flow.

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wet cell British  

noun

1. a primary cell in which the electrolyte is a liquid Compare dry cell

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wet cell Scientific  

/ wĕt /

1. An electric cell in which the chemicals producing the current are in the form of a liquid rather than in the form of a paste (as in a dry cell). Car batteries consist of a series of wet cells.

2. Compare dry cell

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Example Sentences

You drop into one as if you were a wet cell phone and it were a jar of uncooked rice.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2020

Page 211 The dry cell has almost completely replaced the wet cell in this country, and as a result, the general type of wall set as shown in Figs.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster

The Leclanche-Barbier dry cell is a modification of the Leclanche wet cell, having a paste of sal-ammoniac instead of a solution.

From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John

An electric motor, powered either from the REA line or from direct current stored in a bank of wet cell batteries, bulked large in the small shed.

From Make Mine Homogenized by Freas, Kelly